Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Over the past year the charts have been dominated by dance tracks which may have seemed, to the average person, to have come from nowhere, but actually they had built up a buzz over months or years of popularity in the clubs and online.… Continue reading Future Stars: LuvBug (Global/Polydor)
Category: Future Pop
Future Hits: Boy Meets Girl
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five new singles by male artists who've enlisted female singers to create a future hit. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux91IGUZ-G80hwEPB-u5t5fn] Tracklisting: DJ Fresh ft. Ellie Goulding – Flashlight Pharrell ft. Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae Usher ft. Nicki Minaj – She Came… Continue reading Future Hits: Boy Meets Girl
Future Stars: Vance Joy (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I considered featuring Vance Joy (Australian singer James Keogh) as a Future Star back in November, but I was convinced his catchy indie-folk single Riptide was the making of a one-hit wonder. I chose the song as a Future Hit and left it at that.… Continue reading Future Stars: Vance Joy (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Petite Meller (Night Beach)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Thanks to the trend for anonymity and mystery, the indie-pop world seems to be lacking in fun, quirky characters these days. Luckily, we can always depend on the French for a dose of stylish eccentricity. Petite Meller is a pretty blonde model/philosophy student making… Continue reading Future Stars: Petite Meller (Night Beach)
Future Hits: Boys With Guitars
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new singles by guitar-wielding blokes which I think are going to be big hits. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-MibC7_foTa49lbmDOjhap] Tracklisting: Maroon 5 – It Was Always You Rixton – Wait On Me James Bay – Let It Go Ed Sheeran –… Continue reading Future Hits: Boys With Guitars
Future Stars: Nick Jonas (Island Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’m not sure why the Jonas Brothers think one of them is going to be the new Justin Timberlake. They seem to be under the misguided notion that they were the late 2000s answer to *N Sync. I found Joe’s attempt at “being the Justin”… Continue reading Future Stars: Nick Jonas (Island Records)
Future Stars: Rag ‘N’ Bone Man (Best Laid Plans)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Rory Graham, better known as Rag ’N’ Bone Man, doesn’t look like a pop star, but his image gives his imposing music even more gravitas. His sound is gritty and soulful, but there’s still a well-written song underneath the heartfelt growl of his songs.… Continue reading Future Stars: Rag ‘N’ Bone Man (Best Laid Plans)
Future Hits: Is It Cos I’m Uncool?
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new singles which aren’t very cool… but they’re going to be big anyway! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-fj9NFEOqHjAJwdTbZeQvM] Tracklisting: Pitbull ft. John Ryan – Fireball The Script – Superheroes The Vamps – Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) David Guetta ft. Sam… Continue reading Future Hits: Is It Cos I’m Uncool?
Future Stars: Troye Sivan (EMI Australia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. In 2014, YouTube vloggers are the celebs with the most direct influence on teenagers. By inviting viewers into their lives, they seem more accessible than pop stars or film stars, and this creates a highly engaged and dedicated fanbase. Australian Troye Sivan, age 19, has… Continue reading Future Stars: Troye Sivan (EMI Australia)
Future Stars: Ryn Weaver (Friends Keep Secrets)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Soundcloud may still be a lot smaller than YouTube, but for indie and electro artists its power can’t be underestimated. One example is OctaHate, the quirkily-named debut from American indie-pop singer Ryn Weaver (real name Aryn Wuthrich), which passed 1 million plays in just… Continue reading Future Stars: Ryn Weaver (Friends Keep Secrets)